Nicky Maynard has been nominated for League Two player of the month for October.

The former Bristol City star has flourished for Bury since joining them in September, and scored an impressive five goals in six league games last month.

He followed that up with a goal in the Shakers' 4-1 win over Macclesfield at the weekend.

Maynard netted 45 goals in 124 league appearances for the Robins over a four-year spell at Ashton Gate between 2008 and 2012 before going on to play for West Ham United, Cardiff City, MK Dons and Aberdeen.

At Aberdeen, he linked up with his former Robins boss Derek McInnes - and he laid the blame for not being able to find a club until September squarely at the feet of the Scotsman.

Former Bristol City Manager, Derek McInnes

Maynard went 20 games without scoring a goal for Aberdeen in his one season at the club last year, although just two of those appearances were starts, and said McInnes had wrongly sold Scottish football to him.

He said: "It was frustrating for me. I signed for Aberdeen with the intentions of playing a lot of football with a manager who I was with at Bristol City.

Read More

"He sold it to me to come up to Scotland and it was a big decision to leave my family because my kids are at school.

"But I just thought if I go up there and play as many games as the manager said I would, I have every belief I would have scored goals and done well enough to either earn a better contract at Aberdeen or a better contract elsewhere.

"But that wasn't the case and it made it hard for me this pre-season because I didn't play many games for Aberdeen.

Nicky Maynard in action for old side Bristol City

"I fully believe in myself and what I can do.

"It's about having a manager who believes in that as well and thankfully the manager at Bury has given me this opportunity now and hopefully I can take it.

"You can have all the attributes, but not play. You need a manager who believes in you and has faith in you. I don't think my goal ratio has been too bad throughout my career and I am always confident I can score goals."